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Curating actor-network theory: testing object-oriented sociology in the Science Museum

Museum & Society, 2017
Across different traditions of social research, the study of science exhibitions has often taken the form of an ‘object-oriented’ inquiry. In this tradition, actor-network theory (ANT) has focused on how the processes of exhibiting objects mediate ...
Laurie Waller
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Actors and networks or agents and structures: towards a realist view of information systems [PDF]

, 2007
Actor-network theory (ANT) has achieved a measure of popularity in the analysis of information systems. This paper looks at ANT from the perspective of the social realism of Margaret Archer.
Alistair Mutch, Amsterdamska, O., Baumard, P., Bourdieu, P., Calhoun, C., Callinicos, A., Callinicos, A., Callinicos, A., Checkland, P., Ciborra, C., Collier, A., Collins, H.M., Currie, W., Dahlbom, B., Dennett, D.C., Edelman, G.M., Fowler, B., Fuller, S., Grint, K., Jones, M., Lakoff, G., Latour, B., Latour, B., Latour, B., Latour, B., Law, J., Law, J., Mutch, A., Norris, C., O'Brien, F., Roberts, R.H., Rose, H., Rose, H., Rose, S., Sayer, A., Searle, J.R., Singer, P., Sokal, A., Sokal, A.D., Walsham, G., Watson, T., Whitelegg, J., Whitley, R., Wilde, O.   +43 more
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Learning in Technology-Enhanced Medical Simulation: Locations and Knowings

Professions and Professionalism, 2015
This qualitative study focuses on how knowings and learning take place in full-scale simulation training of medical and nursing students, by drawing upon actor-network theory (ANT). ANT situates materiality as a part of the social practices.
Song-ee Ahn, Sanna Rimpiläinen, Annette Theodorsson, Tara Fenwick, Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren   +4 more
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Users as co-designers: Visual–spatial experiences at Whitworth Art Gallery

Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2020
The importance of building users in the architectural field has been increasingly acknowledged in architectural research. Some studies have applied actor-network theory (ANT) to highlight the ways through which users are embedded in relation to the built
Ahlam Ammar Sharif
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Beyond the network. A critical inquiry into the limits of the actor-network theory [PDF]

Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU
This article critically examines the limitations and challenges of Actor- Network Theory (ANT) in contemporary social theory. Originally developed as a response to structuralist and constructivist paradigms, ANT offered a radical methodological ...
Mladenović Ivica
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Globalising assessment: an ethnography of literacy assessment, camels and fast food in the Mongolian Gobi [PDF]

, 2014
What happens when standardised literacy assessments travel globally? The paper presents an ethnographic account of adult literacy assessment events in rural Mongolia.
Bernstein B, Blommaert J, Bourdieu P., Bryan Maddox, Callon M, Fenwick T., Goodwin C., Goodwin C., Hambleton R, Hamilton M, Humphrey C., Kell C, Kirsch I., Latour B, OECD, Rizvi F., Sneath D, Waltz S. B.   +17 more
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Actor-Network Theory and Methodology: Social Research in a More-Than-Human World

Methodological Innovations, 2011
This article explores the methodological implications of actor-network theory for social research. Pointing to an increasing awareness of ANT in sociological discourse, but assuming that it is more widely known than well understood, the article outlines ...
Richie Nimmo
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Waste Struggle: Political Ecology Analysis on Urban Waste Conflict in Pekanbaru [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
This article analyzes waste management conflict in Pekanbaru through the perspectives of political ecology and Actor-Network Theory (ANT). Based on rapid ethnographic research conducted in West Tangkerang Village, Marpoyan Damai District, the findings ...
El Amady M. Rawa, Yanti Rina Novia
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La perspectiva sociotècnica en l'anàlisi de polítiques públiques [PDF]

, 2009
Aquest article explora l'interès per l'anàlisi de polítiques públiques dels diversos conceptes, instruments i plantejaments analítics que han aparegut, en els darrers anys, en la literatura al voltant de la teoria de l'actor-xarxa (ANT).This article ...
Grau, Marc, Subirats, Joan, Íñiguez Rueda, Lupicinio   +2 more
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Hvordan forske på kultur og ny teknologi?

Kulturella Perspektiv, 2001
The article discusses how Actor-Network Theory (ANT) delivers valuable perspectives for ethnological and folkloristic studies in the emerging research field culture and technology.
Dagny Stuedahl
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